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They were asking for it – BJP leaders justify beef lynching, want leniency for accused

'...A day after a Muslim man was brutally lynched over rumours that he had eaten beef, local Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Monday seemed to justify the murder by suggesting that the victim was at fault if he really did have beef stored in his house. The party is also threatening to hold a mahapanchayat if the accused are charged with murder instead of the less serious charge of culpable homicide. BJP district president Thakur Singh told the Times of India, “The locals gave samples of meat to the police but they (the cops) did not take it seriously. Then some people got agitated.” Seeming to now target the family, another BJP leader, Vichtra Tomar said, “We also demand legal action against those people, who are engaged in cow slaughter as it is hurting Hindu sentiments." Nawab Singh Nagar, Dadri’s ex-MLA also blamed the family: “If cow slaughter and its consumption is proven, they (the victim and his family) are definitely at fault”...'